Letter from a mom to daughter

[MAFUTBOL]

LETTER FROM A MOTHER TO A DAUGHTER:

"My dear girl, the day you see I’m getting old, I ask you to please be patient, but most of all, try to understand what I’m going through.

If when we talk, I repeat the same thing a thousand times, don’t interrupt to say: “You said the same thing a minute ago”... Just listen, please. Try to remember the times when you were little and I would read the same st
ory night after night until you would fall asleep.

When I don’t want to take a bath, don’t be mad and don’t embarrass me. Remember when I had to run after you making excuses and trying to get you to take a shower when you were just a girl?

When you see how ignorant I am when it comes to new technology, give me the time to learn and don’t look at me that way... remember, honey, I patiently taught you how to do many things like eating appropriately, getting dressed, combing your hair and dealing with life’s issues every day... the day you see I’m getting old, I ask you to please be patient, but most of all, try to understand what I’m going through.

If I occasionally lose track of what we’re talking about, give me the time to remember, and if I can’t, don’t be nervous, impatient or arrogant. Just know in your heart that the most important thing for me is to be with you.

And when my old, tired legs don’t let me move as quickly as before, give me your hand the same way that I offered mine to you when you first walked.

When those days come, don’t feel sad... just be with me, and understand me while I get to the end of my life with love.

I’ll cherish and thank you for the gift of time and joy we shared. With a big smile and the huge love I’ve always had for you, I just want to say, I love you... my darling daughter."

 

[Ndibalema]

That's very nice.
But somehow inasikitisha.

 

[PakaJimmy]

With all my maleness, one tear has managed to slip out of my eye uncontrollably!

With my fast expiring age, will my children cherish and care for me?

Will they be around when my bones are weak?

Ooh Lord...!

 

[Nyalotsi]

Hii ni ya mtu mwenye dementia, hasa ya uzeeni. My father is in the same situation, kuna siku anasahau mlango wa chumba chake, akienda chooni anasahau kwamba suruali anatakiwa kushusha ye anapandisha juu. Ukimuambia kitu muda huo huo hakumbuki na anasahau vitu vyake anapoviweka na kublame tumemuibia. Kuoga sasa loh! Mpaka mgombane na ukamsimamie, ukimuacha anaingia bafuni na kuloweka miguu na kutoka. Kwa wale tunaokaa na wazee tuwaeleweni wanapopitia hatua hizi, unahitaji kuwa mpole na mvumilivu. Kama kuna

 

[Zamaulid]

Nyalotsi!kweli baba yako amezeeka,suruali anaona kama gauni!!!!

 

[A Father]

Kuna mtu aliwahi kusema hili; mtoto anapougua, mzazi humuombea apone na akue, lakini mzazi anapougua, hasa uzeeni mtoto anayemuuguza humuombea afe, apumzike.

 

[Nyalotsi]

Nyalotsi!kweli baba yako amezeeka,suruali anaona kama gauni!!!!

yaani ndugu yangu mzazi akifikia hatua hii ni balaa na kama kuna mtu ana hasira za haraka akae mbali na mgonjwa kabisaaa vinginevyo ataishia kumbabua makofi kila siku. Imefikia hatua hatumvalishi suruali anavyokuwa peke yake pale nyumbani na tumemzoesha muda wa kwenda kukata gogo ambao kunakuwa na mtu wa kumuelekeza. Yaani wakati mwingine anaweza kuingia jikoni akidai ni chooni, koti anaingiza miguuni. Anaweza akatoa nguo zote kwenye sanduku na kuanza kuzivaa, ukimuuliza anakwambia si niko uchi? Huwa nacheka ila baadaye naomba Mungu anisamehe kwani nashindwa kujizuia. Sasa kwa wale wanaoshindwa kulea watoto wao wataweza haya?